danado

See also: dañado

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• damnado (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese danado, from Latin damnātus, perfect passive participle of damnō (“condemned; doomed”), from damnum (“damage”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈna.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈna.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈna.du/ [dɐˈna.ðu]

Adjective

danado (feminine danada, masculine plural danados, feminine plural danadas)

1. (religion) damned to Hell

   Almas danadas. ― Damned souls.

2. rabid (suffering from rabies)

   Synonyms: hidrófobo, raivento, raivoso

   O velho fugia de um cão danado. ― The old man ran from a rabid dog.

3. (informal) very angry; pissed off

   Synonyms: fulo, furioso, irado, lixado, puto

   Fiquei danado depois de perder. ― I got pissed off after losing.

4. (informal) mischievous; impish; badly behaved

   Synonyms: travesso, levado, arteiro

   Antonym: comportado

   Seus filhos danados gostam de pintar as paredes. ― Her mischievous children like painting the walls.

5. (informal, sometimes followed by de + definite article) generic intensifier

   Synonym: puto

   Venci porque tive uma sorte danada. ― I won because I had quite some luck.

   Ele é um danado de um jogador! ― He is quite a player!

Derived terms

• danado de

Noun

danado m (plural danados, feminine danada, feminine plural danadas)

1. a mischievous person

Derived terms

• danadamente
• danadinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• danação
• danar
• danificar
• daninho
• dano
• danoso

Participle

danado (feminine danada, masculine plural danados, feminine plural danadas)

1. past participle of danar

Further reading

• “danado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “danado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025